Peaceburg, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36250. The Survey maps it on the Eulaton quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Eulaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Eulaton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
127 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Peaceburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,304 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20130908-001 |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-13 |
| 25 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 800 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Peaceburg: 21 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Clay, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohatchee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wellington Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Donoho Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pelham Range Lead Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Shirey Prospect No 2 | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Shirey Prospect No. 2 | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Brook Mountain | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Cane Creek Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1840 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahlep | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Melrose | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bush | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Leatherwood | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lowrimores Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bera (historical) | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Morrisville | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Alexandria | 2.7 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Peaceburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18387278 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156861. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







